The Palisades
The Palisades is a cliff in South Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 455 m. Eagle Rock stands 527 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is King & Queen Rock, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 455 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Tower · 16 mi
- Exhibit Quarry · 24 mi
- Inkpaduta Campsite · 24 mi
- Spotted Quarry · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Aspen Park: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Nature Area: 9.2 mi
- Renner Ball Park: 10.8 mi
- Tower Park: 11.9 mi
- Bryant Park: 12.0 mi
- Two Eagles: 13.5 mi
- 1 > 7: 13.5 mi
- Farmer: 13.5 mi
- I Tell You What: 13.5 mi
- Children's Art Wall: 13.5 mi
- Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 2.1 mi
- Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum & East Sioux Falls Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Stockyards Ag Experience Barn Art Museum: 13.5 mi
- Museum of Visual Materials: 14.0 mi
- Old Courthouse Museum: 14.1 mi
- Minnesota Welcomes You: 6.2 mi
- Minnehaha County Pioneers Memorial: 12.4 mi
- The Amidon Affair: 12.4 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 13.4 mi
- The Dubuque House Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
- Mount Bigsiouxvius: 8.4 mi
- Jasper Peak: 12.0 mi
- Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 13.0 mi
- Orphanage Hill: 13.9 mi
- Trent Mounds: 14.7 mi
- King & Queen Rock: 0.2 mi
- W. H. Lyon Fairgrounds (Sioux Empire Fair): 15.7 mi
- Corn Maze: 20.4 mi
- Middle Sioux Falls: 13.6 mi
- Upper Sioux Falls: 13.7 mi
- Winnewissa Falls: 24.7 mi
- Rooftop Garden: 14.5 mi
- Indoor Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 14.8 mi
- Corn Feeding Area: 12.1 mi
- Family Park: 18.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.3 mi
- Lake Alvin Beach: 17.6 mi
- Dells of the Sioux River: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Palisades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Rock | E 89° | 527 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jasper Peak | NE 35° | 523.3 m | 12.0 mi |
| Touch the Sky Prairie High Point | ENE 73° | 518 m | 13.0 mi |
| Orphanage Hill | NW 315° | 484 m | 13.9 mi |
| Egan Mounds | NNW 346° | 484 m | 20.4 mi |
| Trent Mounds | NNW 333° | 455 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Bigsiouxvius | SSW 212° | 432 m | 8.4 mi |
| Canton Mounds | S 183° | 430 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:28 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:05 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux Falls 14 NNE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357095744
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